The occupied Golan Heights has been on high alert since Donald Trump confirmed he was pulling the US out of the Iran nuclear deal. The military later said it had hit “dozens” of Iranian military targets in Syria. Explosives fired from Israel also hit southern Syria’s Quneitra province, adjacent to the Golan Heights, it said. Iranian forces have been sent to aid the Syrian government in a devastating seven-year civil war against insurgents. The occupied Golan Heights is a plateau captured from Syria in 1967 by Israel in a move not recognised by the international community.

Source: The Guardian May 09, 2018 22:46 UTC